wàsser

Alemannic German

Alternative forms
  • Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser (Alsatian)
  • Wasser (Basel)
  • Wâser (Dunzenheim)
  • wasser (Italian Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.

Noun

wàsser n

  1. (Rimella, Campello Monti) water

References
  • “wàsser” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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